Hundreds of students rallied on the University of Lincoln campus Wednesday calling for a self-proclaimed white nationalist to be kicked-off campus.

A group called UN-L Against Hate organized the rally.Chris Morton, a member of the group said 23-year old Daniel Kleve has violated the University's code of conduct."We are going to be actively organizing against the administration of this university to pressure them to begin the process of expulsion of Dan Kleve," Morton told the crowd.A video circulated over social media showed Kleve saying he was the "most active white nationalist in Nebraska" and he wanted to be "violent, really violent."

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A photo showed Kleve confronting a counter protester a the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017.In a statement Tuesday, UN-L officials said they are aware and take the matter very seriously."We strongly denounce bigotry and condemn violence... We encourage civil and respectful discussion of ideas and opinions, even if they may differ from our own," the statement said.UN-L student Jordan Ndam said Kleve's statements go beyond free speech. "If I said this at my high school I would have been suspended or even expelled and I feel like it's cowardly the University isn't doing something about it," Ndam said. Other students of said they are fearful for their safety."We should be scared to walk on campus because of people like Daniel Kleve," said a American-born muslim student.It did not appear Kleve or any counter protesters were at the rally.Kleve said in an online response Tuesday evening, he hasn't threatened anyone and his love of violence is being twisted to make him look like a villain."They want to see me get expelled. They want to see me be jobless whatever. That's what they want to do because that way they can use fear. They can be like see, this is what happens when you speak up for your own people," Kleve said.Alex Chapmen urged protesters to do more to change the culture that breeds hate but do it in a non-violent way."It's our job to make sure that we can be proud of our university and I think the way we can do that is to not retaliate with hate, not retaliate with violence but with love and understanding," Chapman said.

Hundreds of students rallied on the University of Lincoln campus Wednesday calling for a self-proclaimed white nationalist to be kicked-off campus.

A group called UN-L Against Hate organized the rally.Chris Morton, a member of the group said 23-year old Daniel Kleve has violated the University's code of conduct."We are going to be actively organizing against the administration of this university to pressure them to begin the process of expulsion of Dan Kleve," Morton told the crowd.A video circulated over social media showed Kleve saying he was the "most active white nationalist in Nebraska" and he wanted to be "violent, really violent."